I personally think they move during the same movement phase as the ordered units.

Play card
Order units (name units you will order and name units you will order on the move)
Move all your units you named in the phase above, in the order you choose
Battle with the units that received the real order
Draw a new card.

I name and move the units that the regular card allows first, especially for combat purposes, then the on the move, then resolve combat. The thing is to do them separately so that you do not use the "on the move" units for combat.

I name and move the units that the regular card allows first, especially for combat purposes, then the on the move, then resolve combat. The thing is to do them separately so that you do not use the "on the move" units for combat.

Sometime ago I started using markers to indicate which units were ordered and after any movement was finished, which units could battle.

My markers are green (Move - read ordered) and Red (Fire). When ordering units I place a Move and a Fire Marker with a unit. If a unit can still battle after moving the fire Marker remains with it. The fire markers are removed as the unit fires. For "On the Move" orders, untis are just marked with a Move marker. A simple system that works great and comes in handy when playing and really comes into its own when playing Overlord games. I also use a Yellow "Target" marker to indicate which unit I am firing at.

Great idea, and I will be using it in future - now to raid that old Ludo game for some counters!

I like it especially for Overlord where move and fire actions can be seperated by some passage of time.

One query though - why the yellow target marker?

My understanding is that the firing unit can shoot at anything it chooses to, range, modifiers permitting.
So if one target is eleminated, the firing unit can "switch" to a different target.

Thanks,
Fred the Obscure,
Durban, South Africa.

Hello Fred.

Ah, I did not explain that well. I was not stating that all firing units would use those markers at once. I only have several of these markers so each player may have one and in fact that is all he needs as he will only mark one target unit at a time.

Too often, I have seen players point in the general direction of a group of his units saying that "that one" is firing and then wave in the general direction of several units which could be the target....

In other words, many times in the past I have had to request my opponent repeat which of his units is firing and / or at what unit it was targeting. With the markers the removal of the "Fire" marker from a unit clearly shows which unit is firing and the placemnt of the "Target" marker shows which unit it is firing at.

At one convention I could have dispensed with them entirely as my opponent at one stage of the game was telling me which how to conduct my fire combat But I let him know that I would prefer to make those decisions myself

Agreed it can get a bit "hazy" when there are a bunch of units firing at a bunch of units. Correct order/target can be critical.
Especially when it comes to taking ground or an armoured over-run as the secondatry move.

At one convention I could have dispensed with them entirely as my opponent at one stage of the game was telling me which how to conduct my fire combat But I let him know that I would prefer to make those decisions myself

Ooh, that could be an awkward conversation! How do you politely tell a person to let you play your own side!?

At one convention I could have dispensed with them entirely as my opponent at one stage of the game was telling me which how to conduct my fire combat But I let him know that I would prefer to make those decisions myself

Ooh, that could be an awkward conversation! How do you politely tell a person to let you play your own side!?

Well, I cut to the chase and used the direct approach Patton would have been proud.

He was really nervous and very impatient when I was doing my turns. He would often leave his seat and pace around before returning to the table. It seems he was not happy with the pace at which I played.

I have never seen a player act that way at a convention before. I thought I was at the WSOP Main Event with millions of dollars at stake

At one convention I could have dispensed with them entirely as my opponent at one stage of the game was telling me which how to conduct my fire combat But I let him know that I would prefer to make those decisions myself

Ooh, that could be an awkward conversation! How do you politely tell a person to let you play your own side!?

Well, I cut to the chase and used the direct approach Patton would have been proud.

He was really nervous and very impatient when I was doing my turns. He would often leave his seat and pace around before returning to the table. It seems he was not happy with the pace at which I played.

I have never seen a player act that way at a convention before. I thought I was at the WSOP Main Event with millions of dollars at stake

That happened to me as well, this summer by the way. It was quite annoying.

At one convention I could have dispensed with them entirely as my opponent at one stage of the game was telling me which how to conduct my fire combat But I let him know that I would prefer to make those decisions myself

Ooh, that could be an awkward conversation! How do you politely tell a person to let you play your own side!?

Well, I cut to the chase and used the direct approach Patton would have been proud.

He was really nervous and very impatient when I was doing my turns. He would often leave his seat and pace around before returning to the table. It seems he was not happy with the pace at which I played.

I have never seen a player act that way at a convention before. I thought I was at the WSOP Main Event with millions of dollars at stake

Strange!! Did you switch sides and play the other direction, or did you manage to change opponents?

At one convention I could have dispensed with them entirely as my opponent at one stage of the game was telling me which how to conduct my fire combat But I let him know that I would prefer to make those decisions myself

Ooh, that could be an awkward conversation! How do you politely tell a person to let you play your own side!?

Well, I cut to the chase and used the direct approach Patton would have been proud.

He was really nervous and very impatient when I was doing my turns. He would often leave his seat and pace around before returning to the table. It seems he was not happy with the pace at which I played.

I have never seen a player act that way at a convention before. I thought I was at the WSOP Main Event with millions of dollars at stake

Strange!! Did you switch sides and play the other direction, or did you manage to change opponents?